<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Brutal honesty is usually brutality using honesty... > Brutal honesty is usually brutality using honesty as its excuse. When a relationship needs to be renegotiated, practice compassionate honesty instead: state your standards clearly, with compassion for the other person and for yourself, and invite them to renegotiate before you decide whether the contract can continue. **Source:** [[livestreams/Alternate Capture of New Beginnings — Relationship Contracts and the Energy We Protect - Workbook|Alternate Capture of New Beginnings — Relationship Contracts and the Energy We Protect]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Brutal honesty is usually brutality using honesty as its excuse. When a relationship needs to be renegotiated, practice compassionate honesty instead: state your standards clearly, with compassion for the other person and for yourself, and invite them to renegotiate before you decide whether the contract can continue.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-brutal-honesty-usually-whether-contract-continue ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->